Sentences with phrase «degree vaginal tears»

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It found that among women who had vaginal hospital births, had all the usual interventions of vacuum, forceps, Epidurals and Pitocin inductions and augmentation, had an average birth weight of 3500 gm (> 8 lbs), but did not have an episiotomy - this study found that 66 % of primiparous women had no need for suturing, 33 % of primiparas had first or second degree tears sutured and 1 % had third - degree tears and 0.7 % had fourth - degree tears.

ALL women are supposed to have a vaginal and a PR examination as soon as possible after the birth to rule out 3rd and 4th degree tears.

I'd ideally choose to have a complication free vaginal birth just because the recovery would be better and it would be very difficult for me to not be able to drive for several weeks, but I'd certainly rather have a c - section over something happening to my baby, or myself ending up with a 3rd / 4th degree tear.

Water births show a higher rate of births «without injuries», first and second - degree perineal lacerations, vaginal and labial tears.

Patients who sustained third - or fourth - degree perineal tears after a vaginal delivery were recruited for the study.

To estimate whether prophylactic antibiotics at the time of repair of third - or fourth - degree perineal tears after vaginal delivery prevent wound infection and breakdown.This was a prospective, randomized, placebo - controlled study.

A third degree tear extends downwards from the vaginal wall and perineum to the anal sphincter, the muscle that controls the anus and a fourth degree tear extends to the anal canal as well as the rectum.

Women in the planned home - birth group were significantly less likely than those who planned a midwife - attended hospital birth to have obstetric interventions (e.g., electronic fetal monitoring, relative risk [RR] 0.32, 95 % CI 0.29 — 0.36; assisted vaginal delivery, RR 0.41, 95 % 0.33 — 0.52) or adverse maternal outcomes (e.g., third - or fourth - degree perineal tear, RR 0.41, 95 % CI 0.28 — 0.59; postpartum hemorrhage, RR 0.62, 95 % CI 0.49 — 0.77).